Volume 20, No. 2 Special Issue: Reading and Vocabulary Beyond raw frequency: Incidental vocabulary acquisition in extensive reading

Beyond raw frequency: Incidental vocabulary acquisition in extensive reading

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Volume 20, No. 2 Special Issue: Reading and Vocabulary
contributor.author:
Kweon, Soo-Ok Kim, Hae-Ri
date.accessioned:
2020-05-22T02:06:37Z
date.available:
2020-05-22T02:06:37Z
date.issued:
2008-10
description.abstract:
Second language vocabulary can be learned incidentally while the learner is engaged in extensive reading or reading for meaning, inferring the meaning of unknown words (Huckin & Coady, 1999; Hulstijn, 1992; Krashen, 1993; Pigada & Schmitt, 2006). 12 Korean learners of English read authentic literary texts and were tested on their knowledge of vocabulary before reading (pretest), immediately after reading (Posttest 1), and 1 month after Posttest 1 (Posttest 2). The results showed a significant word gain between the pretest and Posttest 1 and that most gained words were retained at Posttest 2. Of the 3 different word classes that were used, nouns were a little easier to retain than verbs and adjectives. More frequent words were more easily learned than less frequent words across all 3 word classes. However, words of lower frequency were better learned than words of higher frequency when the meanings of the lower frequency words were crucial for meaning comprehension.
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endingpage:
215
identifier.doi:
10125/66819
identifier.issn:
1539-0578
identifier.uri:
http://hdl.handle.net/10125/66819
number:
2
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
rfl.topic:
Lexis
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/rfl/item/176
startingpage:
191
subject:
Extensive reading L2 reading incidental vocabulary acquisition literature-based approach
title:
Beyond raw frequency: Incidental vocabulary acquisition in extensive reading
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Article
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Text
volume:
20